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My app is currently built on top of Firebase but I’m keenly aware of the cost of lock-in as traffic escalates. Is this a replacement for the whole suite of Fir

My app is currently built on top of Firebase but I’m keenly aware of the cost of lock-in as traffic escalates. Is this a replacement for the whole suite of Firebase offerings (hosting, auth and data store) or just a subset? What’s the migration pathway for someone currently on Firebase?

phreack 6y ago
It looks like a way to turn Postgres into a Firebase real-time database alternative, so not Crashlytics, Auth or file storage AFAIK (and I'd suggest making it more obvious on the website if I'm wrong!)
kiwicopple 6y ago
We've been building furiously since January but (not surprisingly) we haven't yet reached feature parity. But we will :) > data store Yes - our data store is just Postgres so you can migrate in/out - no lockin > hosting, auth Not yet. We want to nail the auth and we're looking at leveraging Postgres' native Row Level Security. This is a tricky task to "generalize" for all businesses but we have some good ideas (we're discussing in our repo if you want to follow - https://github.com/supabase/supabase https://github.com/supabase/supabase) > What’s the migration pathway for someone currently on Firebase? This is also something we're building - a migration tool. Mapping NoSQL to RDBMS is complex, but something I tackled in my previous company. We'll build it so that Firebase and Supabase run "in parallel", which we can do since both have realtime functionality. And then when you're happy, you will be able to switch off Firebase
- danielscrubs 6y ago
  That's pretty much what I've been wanting for years. Open Source software that make row level security super convenient via Postgres and OAuth and that can handle subscription. Kudos!
- nmfisher 6y ago
  Interesting, thanks. I've bookmarked your platform, I'll circle back if/when migration away from Firebase pops back on the agenda.

phreack 6y ago

It looks like a way to turn Postgres into a Firebase real-time database alternative, so not Crashlytics, Auth or file storage AFAIK (and I'd suggest making it more obvious on the website if I'm wrong!)

kiwicopple 6y ago

We've been building furiously since January but (not surprisingly) we haven't yet reached feature parity. But we will :) > data store Yes - our data store is just Postgres so you can migrate in/out - no lockin > hosting, auth Not yet. We want to nail the auth and we're looking at leveraging Postgres' native Row Level Security. This is a tricky task to "generalize" for all businesses but we have some good ideas (we're discussing in our repo if you want to follow - https://github.com/supabase/supabase https://github.com/supabase/supabase) > What’s the migration pathway for someone currently on Firebase? This is also something we're building - a migration tool. Mapping NoSQL to RDBMS is complex, but something I tackled in my previous company. We'll build it so that Firebase and Supabase run "in parallel", which we can do since both have realtime functionality. And then when you're happy, you will be able to switch off Firebase

danielscrubs 6y ago
That's pretty much what I've been wanting for years. Open Source software that make row level security super convenient via Postgres and OAuth and that can handle subscription. Kudos!
nmfisher 6y ago
Interesting, thanks. I've bookmarked your platform, I'll circle back if/when migration away from Firebase pops back on the agenda.